D&D 5E: Cretean Elder War Mage

Only a few elder war mages exist in Cretea, and they are powerful influences behind the scenes.

All of these stat blocks reflect the original design (for my Lingusia campaign) but I readily retooled these with a few modifications for units in other campaigns....I have derived, for example, Selindar units from these for Enzada with judicious replacement of equipment and some minor skill/power set tweaks. 

Cretean Elder War Mage

(Level 15 Evoker)

CR 11 (7,200 XP)

LN medium humanoid (human)

Initiative +1

DEFENSE

AC 11 (robes) or 14 (mage armor)

HP 52 (15D6)

OFFENSE

Speed 30 feet

Melee Attack dagger +7 attack (reach 5 ft, one target) 1D4+2 piercing damage.

Ranged Attack Fire Bolt +10 attack (ranged 120, one target) 3D10+5 fire damage.

STATISTICS

STR 11 (0), DEX 13 (+1), CON 10 (0), INT 20 (+5), WIS 16 (+3), CHA 14 (+2)

Saves: INT +11, WIS +9

Languages: Cretean, Eastron, Middle Tongue, Old Tongue

Senses: Passive Perception 18

Skills: Arcana +10, Perception +8

SPELLCASTING

Spell Save DC: 18

Spell Attack +10

Cantrips: blade ward, fire bolt, light, mending, true strike

1^st Level Spells: Alarm, Expeditious Retreat, Mage Armor, Magic Missile

2^nd Level Spells: Cloud of Daggers, Darkvision, Invisibility

3^rd Level Spells: Fear, Fireball, Stinking Cloud

4^th Level Spells: Arcane eye, Dimension Door, Fire Shield

5^th Level Spells: Cloudkill, Wall of force

6^th Level Spells: Globe of Invulnerability, True Seeing

7^th Level Spells: Delayed Blast Fireball, Prismatic Spray

8^th Level Spells: Meteor Swarm

Gear – Dagger +2, robes, Circlet of Blasting, Cloak of Protection +1, Ring of Fire Resistance

Background

The elder war mages of Cretea are terrifying foes, ancient agents said to contain a direct lineage to the blood of the sun god Helios and so are excellent evokers. As the crème of the crop of battle mages, the few elder war mages rule their secretive orders and work behind the scenes with their network of spies to foment and embroil the city states in their secretive conflicts with one another.